Essence of the One
Everything in the universe
is within you.
Ask all from yourself.
~ Jalaludin Rumi
Following is a poem written in our Poetry of the Sufi Mystics webinar by one of our program participants. The poem was written in the “Finding Your Voice” class with Christiane Karam, following reflection on the above quote and an enlivening discussion. We are pleased to share this with you here.
Surrender on the Bridge
I became the bridge
Neither your side nor theirs
Connecting
Making sense of paradoxes
Messages of Him
In pieces of science
Living in the maybe
Yet dying in fear
Whose voice is that anyway?
It’s so far away
I need to find it again
The voice that is mine
Because ultimate Truth
Is loud
And thought
Is a trap
There
And not quite here
Embodied in a body
That’s not quite mine
Trying to live in a world
Without the feeling of home
Because what is home
When I cannot be alive
Alive to all that is
Yet dying before I die
I cried, yearning
And you didn’t come
So take me to the place
That’s real, where He is
Let me come forth
To be Truth
And surrender
To You, to myself
~ Zainub Jenna Bata
Zainub Jenna Bata writes spiritual poetry, performs spoken word and stand-up and travels like a nomad. Her expressions through poetry are for healing herself and others.
She is an entrepreneur and mediator, and has worked independently with women led businesses in various industries over the last 5 years ago, helping them to plan their businesses and develop their ideas. She has also mediated various cases and delivered training in the area of communication, public speaking, assertiveness and conflict resolution around the world.
Her overarching goal is to help women to create deep inner shifts and access their creative side. The result would be that they develop their confidence and assertiveness and the ability to deal with anything through developing a new consciousness.
Click here to learn more about Zainub Jenna Bata.
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